Thoughts on other components? The Athena's were my friend's, who was driving them with an ADCOM 7805 which is why we melted the stock crossovers He just replaced them with some B&W's, and I got these for a steal. They sound pretty damned good now that they've been reworked.

Do you want bookshelf's for the rear? If so look at AV123, the Paradigm Mini monitors and Titans. I'm using 5.1 and will until I build a dedicated theater room, and even then I'll just prewire for 7.1 capability.

Good choice on the sub. I ordered mine about 1.5 weeks ago and should have it by the first week of May. I can't fucking wait.

Also, check out the Denon AVR3808, it's price with the Yamaha 3800. It's a really bad ass receiver. I've messed with a bunch of them. I have a 3805 that I will be upgrading later to either a 4308, or I'll get the standalone Denon amplifier and run it off my 3805 for now.

Do you want bookshelf's for the rear? If so look at AV123, the Paradigm Mini monitors and Titans. I'm using 5.1 and will until I build a dedicated theater room, and even then I'll just prewire for 7.1 capability.

Good choice on the sub. I ordered mine about 1.5 weeks ago and should have it by the first week of May. I can't fucking wait.

Also, check out the Denon AVR3808, it's price with the Yamaha 3800. It's a really bad ass receiver. I've messed with a bunch of them. I have a 3805 that I will be upgrading later to either a 4308, or I'll get the standalone Denon amplifier and run it off my 3805 for now.

the athena fronts are good, but honestly, you can do much better with either DIY or if you dont wanna build, then with the new X-static or swan Diva 6.1s

subwoofer is a good choice, and receiver is very good too.

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As I said, the athena's were reworked, and sound pretty good to my untrained ear (this may change when I go over and hear my buddies B&W's ) and they were also 100$ for the center, and both fronts since he just didn't want to deal with them I may change them out later, but for now they will have to do...

As for those, would I just want a pair for the rear or should I get 2 pairs and do surrounds and rears?